Question reference: S5W-26559
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 27 November 2019
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 November 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress with establishing the public inquiry into the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, Glasgow, and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh.
Answer
Earlier this year I announced that there would be a public inquiry into the issues at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus, Glasgow and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh.
I can now confirm that the Right Honourable Lord Brodie QC PC, a senator of the College of Justice, has agreed to chair the public inquiry. Lord Brodie is a serving Judge of the Inner House of the Court of Session and I am pleased that someone of his stature and legal standing will chair this important inquiry.
I have a statutory obligation to consult Lord Brodie on the terms of reference and I will meet him before the end of this year to discuss terms of reference and timescales for the inquiry’s formal setting up date.
It is also my intention to share terms of reference with affected patients and families and I will provide a further update to Parliament early in the New Year.